Particularly encouraging, even mildly surprising, was the fact that the word “delist” appeared in the letter. Any sane approach to cannabis — that is, any approach based on actual science rather than reefer madness scare-mongering and conservative knee-jerk politics — demands that the herb be taken off the list of controlled substances entirely and regulated roughly like cabbage.

The move comes in light of Obama’s recent comments to The New Yorker that marijuana is no more harmful than alcohol and that it was important to allow legalization efforts in Colorado and Washington to proceed.

Currently, marijuana is federally listed as a Schedule I drug, a classification for drugs with no accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse. Because of this classification, most medical research on marijuana is prohibited, it cannot be prescribed in accordance with federal law and it creates a host of tax and business regulation problems for state-legal marijuana businesses trying to comply in good faith with all relevant laws.

“This is even more true of marijuana right now, when after four decades of failure, states are doing their best to find something that works and federal regulations keep interfering with their ability to do so,” Franklin said.

“President Obama just told the nation during his State of the Union address that because Congress has been unable to act, he would take executive action where he could on behalf of helping the American people,” said Steph Sherer, executive director of Americans for Safe Access (ASA), reports Hemp News. “The President has the authority to reclassify marijuana and could exercise that authority at any time.”

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Glad to help. No matter what spin they put on legalizing cannabis, the proof is always in the pudding. Always a good idea to see if expungement is included in any proposed or passed legislation. Also a good idea to check the wording for allowances and limitations – they’re often exaggerated one way or the other by reports, or not specified at all which can lead to legislative tampering later on, which has been shown to produce excessive taxes, fees, and restrictions…

I don’t think any actual wording has been proposed by the Administration yet as to how they would end Prohibition 2, other than the several bills that keep dieing in the House. There’s enough pressure to make it happen now, though, it is very exciting to see how this will play out…

If Obama or Congress were to change existing law, those incarcerated would still be subject to serve out their time unless they made the new law retroactive, or codified specific allowances for dismissal of charges or release from incarceration. Basically, it would be a separate battle unless they add any such “expungement” clause.

The modern era was Nixon’s, but marijuana prohibition was originally Harry Anslinger’s baby back in the ’30s, conspicuously just after they ended alcohol prohibition. Harry was really just a mouthpiece for Hearst (wood/paper industry) and Rockefeller (big oil), though…

Essentially, yes, according to the longest government funded study on the subject, smoking cannabis causes no harm, at least in regards to what you might expect such as lung cancer, COPD, or asthma. In fact, it can be an effective treatment for asthma, among many other things, according to research. Dr. Donald Tashkin explains how his NIDA-funded study to find a link between cannabis and lung cancer and other lung problems turned up nil in this short video here. If you genuinely care about the real science involved, I highly recommend giving this evidence a listen, as it is the ONLY such study ever done on the matter, and it is compiled from data over 30 years. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFNzezbc27w

whitney

Yes people who abuse it or smoke through pipes bongs joints ect. It does deposit alot of tar but a vapourizer is a different story. It helps glaucoma, cancer , asthma, eating disorders, chronic pain and alot more. Remember that.

whitney

Actually smoking it through a vapourizer is beneficial for my asthma and my lungs are great. I work out and run and quitting smoking cigarettes *which are legal remember* is what made my lungs better. So you should probably know the full entire medicinal use of the drugs and the thc and tcbs in it before you say something

Devan

lol causes no harm? you must be just a pot head who completely ignore the science side of the drug. Yes, there is no addiction. Yes there is no one who ever died of overdose. But it deposits more tar into your lung then smoking cigs (4x more). That is proven true. Just like alcohol, There is always harm done to your body, you just don’t care or know about it until later on. I have done weed and stop when i was 22. There is a major difference in my ability to run long distance now. So know more about the drug before you post comments with no facts.

Theresa Knox

Steve, if Obama were to delist or reschedule, would those currently incarcerated continue to be incarcerated since marijuana was illegal when they were arrested and sentenced? Will that be a separate battle?

melinda Goldman

The war on drugs was the Nixon’s baby !

Brown Sugar

Obama could make this right if he wanted to . Why should people keep being thrown in prison for something they know causes no harm ? They are ruining peoples lives and it is time it stops.

Steve Elliott ~alapoet~

Nixon’s, even

David

It’s not his failure it’s Reagan’s
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Burlwood Barry

is Obama scared of a plant and an herb? apparently so, with his continuing failure known as the war on drugs.

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